Music Industry News

What Will a Record Label Look Like in 5 Years?

Source: HypeBot
June 6, 2009

Martin J. Thrnkvist is a music industry thinker and strategist who operates indie label Songs I Wish I'd Written and is one of the founders of The Swedish Model consortium of labels. This article first appeared on the group blog Digital Renaissance.

The future. This undefined scope of time with a divine shimmer around it. When it comes to the future of music I've always consider myself an optimist.

For one, I'm certain that musicians and music fans have ...

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Her Husband Behind Bars, Spector's Wife Breaks Silence

Source: Michael Ricci
June 5, 2009

Rachelle Spector, 28, scoffs at the notion that she's a gold digger, saying she's devoted to her role as the spokeswoman for the producer's cause and chief financial officer of his music empire.

Rachelle Spector arrived for lunch at the Beverly Hills Hotel with one French-manicured hand gripping a hot pink BlackBerry. “I never know when he is going to be allowed to call," she said as she laid the mobile device carefully on a velvety banquette. “Whenever he calls, ...

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Don Rickles at Snoqualmie Casino

Source: Seattle Jazz Scene
June 4, 2009

Don Rickles Show Thursday, June 4, 8:00pm Snoqualmie Casino 37500 S.E. Northbend Way Snoqualmie, Washington 98065 featuring: Andy Omdahl, Jay Thomas, Jim Sisko: Trumpet & Flugel Gary Shutes: Trombone Dan Marcus: Bass Trombone Tracy Knoop & Travis Ranney: Alto Sax, Clarinet, Flute, Piccolo Mike West: Tenor Sax, Flute, Clarinet Bill Ramsay: Bari Sax, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet Larry Holloway: ...

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Notes from the Net: On the Corner Reexamined; Osby, Harrold on Tour; Parran Live in NYC; Plus News, Interviews and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
June 4, 2009

Here's the latest compilation of assorted news briefs and links related to jazz, improvisation, and creative music in St. Louis, including news of musicians originally from the Gateway City, recent visitors, and coming attractions, plus assorted other items of interes* On the Miles Davis beat, Howard Mandel had a couple of pertinent posts recently on his Jazz Beyond Jazz blog - one covering an NYC performance of music from the recent concept album Miles From India at Iridium ...

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Longer, Higher Quality Music Samples Lead to More Sales, Study Finds

Source: HypeBot
June 3, 2009

A report to be published in the International Journal of Internet Marketing and Advertising says that longer, higher quality free music samples engage more listeners and reduce the number of “free riders".

Ask any food manufacturer, free product samples give consumers the opportunity to try before they buy. This marketing model works well for products as diverse as shampoo and washing powder, instant coffee and bubble gum. But in the digital age these free offerings to often aren't provided at ...

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Red Callender's Gentle Swing

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
June 3, 2009

The 1940s and 1950s were frightening decades for bass players. In addition to big-band timekeepers like Jimmy Blanton, Don Bagley, Chubby Jackson and Ray Brown, there were thumping small-group upright masters like Slam Stewart, Curly Russell, Milt Hinton and Tommy Potter. And if that crowd wasn't daunting enough, you had the Big Three solo specialists: Oscar Pettiford, Charles Mingus and Paul Chambers. Lost today among these towering talents is George “Red" Callender. Primarily a West Coast bassist, Callender was a ...

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Music and the Creative Class: How Music Can Transform America's Cities

Source: HypeBot
June 3, 2009

Part 2 (Read Part 1 Here) When Richard Florida wrote The Rise of the Creative Class in 2005 music was barely a blip on the social economist's radar. Now Florida and his colleagues are beginning to recognize music and the businesses and professionals that follow and service it as “fruit fly" industries - early indicators of new technologies, new business models, and the economy in general.

“Musicians are quintessential examples of free-agent workers, mixing income and seeking out affordable, creative ...

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Not Your Grandpa's Big Bands

Source: All About Jazz
June 3, 2009

On a recent Friday evening in the trendy Brooklyn neighborhood of Dumbo, a line snaked around the corner of the Galapagos Art Space and buzz swirled about Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, one of the leading new big bands in jazz. Two weeks earlier, across the river in SoHo, a line full of excited patrons formed outside the Jazz Gallery to hear saxophonist David Binney present music for an 18-piece band that was commissioned by the venue. In late March, ...

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